Pushups
Works the chest.
- Primary muscles
- Chest
- Secondary muscles
- Shoulders, Triceps
- Equipment
- Body only
- Level
- Beginner
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Push
How to do it
- Lie on the floor face down and place your hands about 36 inches apart while holding your torso up at arms length.
- Next, lower yourself downward until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.
- Now breathe out and press your upper body back up to the starting position while squeezing your chest.
- After a brief pause at the top contracted position, you can begin to lower yourself downward again for as many repetitions as needed.
Track it
Log every set in Pensum. It keeps your best sets and estimates your one-rep max as you go. Estimate your 1RM now.
More Chest exercises
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- Decline Push-Up Body only
- Elbows Back Body only
- Incline Push-Up Body only
- Incline Push-Up Medium Body only
- Incline Push-Up Reverse Grip Body only
- Incline Push-Up Wide Body only
- Isometric Chest Squeezes Body only